In a worst-case scenario where all $43 million comes in the form of a loan, the cost for a single-family residence would be about $160 per month. Any grants the sewer authority receives would reduce the cost to the user.
Sousa said the authority will pursue grants from other entities, as well. It won't be all grants - I can tell you that." "We don't know what that makeup will be yet until we finish the application and get it submitted and they have a chance to look at it and make their determination. "All $43 million could be under a loan, or that might be in the form of some grant and some loans," Sousa said. Those funds can come in the form of a loan and grant money. The Two Lakes Collaborative Sewer Authority will apply for funds through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development in order to build the sewer system. How will the sewer authority pay for the system? "That's for engineering, permitting, building, installation, contingencies and everything that we would need." "That's from now until the last person's connected," Sousa said. The Portage Lake system would cost $18 million, the Bear Lake system would be $17 million and $8 million would be for the wastewater treatment plant and transmission lines. The proposed sewer system would cost an estimated $43 million. Those discussions were had back in 2018, 2017. What we don't want to happen is if one lot down here says I want to be served and nobody else does, we don't really want to put in $200,000 worth of infrastructure to serve one home. "If they got more than 50% of the people on that road that said yes, then they'd serve that road. They said to the people in the village, 'Look, we're going to be running sewer through here, do you want to be served?'" Sousa said.
"The Village of Bear Lake wanted to serve some of the areas.
Most of the lakeshore properties around Bear Lake would be part of the system. Basically what we're doing is just filling in those holes that aren't served." The Village of Onekama already serves that area with municipal sewer and their treatment plant. "What we're trying to do is serve the properties on the water and then the properties on the other side of the road," Sousa said. "We're not serving anything (along the northeast shore). Most of the northern shore of Portage Lake is already part of a sewer system. The system would serve the south and west sides of Portage Lake. Who would be served by the proposed sewer system? Here are five key takeaways from the meetings.
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